Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, August 27, 1945, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextOUR MEN "AND WOMEN IN SERVICE fe, fek 1 Ben Kerns Sees Famous Nazi Prisoners VVhe Stationed Wth rmy InHun's Country rtONKKIt COMMUNITY J W. Kerns of Hid Keno rond Iiiih received tho lnllowliitf 1 c 1 1 u r I rum Ilia mm, Hen, whu la sta tioned with tliti army In Cior mnny. A brother, Jim, la nlao stationed In Curmiiiiy, Dun writes: "Every time I walk Into thu room now, 1 oxpuct to find Jim , thoru. llu drove up to visit mo over thu weekend, unri wo really hud u Kood tlmu Just kcuIiiu c-'iich other. Ho hud to como ubuul 100 miles, hut ono of hla pals hud u hrothur here, too, ao they could inuko tho trip, 1 wua nblu to trade Kiiurd shifts ao I work ed lit nlKlit, henee wo hud till of Siiturdiiy uvcnlnu uud Sun dtiy toKothor. "Jim looka wonderful hotter thiin when 1 suw him In New i York, lien been tlirouuh u lot ' hut It hasn't let It lifted him. (ionh, II wua good to sec him, talk iihoiit thu family, compare pictures und notea. llu uU! me a pistol, lunu'thlnu I huva been tumble to find. A1m, ha showod me hla ciimcru, n mi per- cundid with built-in Hifhl meter, runuc finder and ull aorta of other cx ncnslvo devices. 1 expected to find mi cKUbeiilcr on It It had everythinu clac. bundiiy we went for a lout! wulk, took a o m a picture uud fixed my pistol. Tlio camera la ao compli cated that u camera fiend friend of mine showed Jim 'where he hud been wronif In pulliiiR the lena out, hence none or me pic ture may be iiood. We took aomo correct onea which Jim will aend to you If they turn out. "If he atnya where he la he may net up a if a I n Saturduy nluht. I took him up to ace Doc tor Giiiik on hla furtn he'a tho chemist. We nt on hla veranda with hla family and lovely dnuuhtrr-ln-law and the doctor dracrlhcd hla trip to America 20 yearn alio. He can tell you of hla trip, tlio cities and atutea in mora detail than I can. Ilia nccatora' theories of electricity and math are atudlcd by all of ua. ilia own work on ammonia In chemistry Is In every high achool client book. "I can't get used to Jim not twins' here now. Humors atiu abound but I believe we will atay hero for aomo time. We can ( now go swimming end boating, besldca having a movie In town. That along- with all tho free time I have to read and visit German friends I make, makes my life interest no. "So far, dad, I can practically count myself I u c K y boms in tho army. I actually got to live in New York, a secret ambition I've had since I was a kid. I've met and made friends with peo- Pie an over tne suuej ana now m visiting Europe peaceably. It Isn't fair that one guy should get all the breaks. ; "I was prepared to write let ters home minimizing the hard- The Joke That Turned , By EARL WHITLOCK Ono of the reasons why you can buy an electric light bulb today for only 15c, which back In 1031 would havo cost 35c or 4,0c, and which Would have de livered only half as much Il lumination a t tjuit, Is tho joko which tho old timers at Con or u I Electric used to play on new engineers. Invariably these rlovlces were assigned tho "lm rJoiudbla" Job of frosting light . bulbs from the Inside. Everyone knew that such a tyulb would diffusa mora light, with less flbsorbtion. Everyone also knew the thing simply couldn't bo done. ! Ono day, howovcr the rlcophyto happened to be named Marvin Pipkin and the. poor goof refused to see tho Joke, He actually took tho stunt ser iously and set out In dead earn- ost to find out how to do this Inside frosting stuff, ; And ho riot only solved tho problem ljut, for good measure, found an otchlng acid - which gave liny rounded pits Instead of sharp-edged depressions, .so that each bulb was strength onod. ' v ,. i Thoso "can't-bc-done" things! Thoso aro the things . these youngsters coming out of school and college will whet their tooth on , . . Greatly to the world's benefit. ' ; "Memory Garden Is tor your comfort and convenience.". '. Next Monday Mr. Whltlock of the Earl Whltlock Funeral Homo will comment on "Labor A Day." . li 111,11 1) nil I 1 1 ships, but I've no hardships. Living witli live men In un old German liouau Is practically like being out of tho army. In my work hero 1'vo been able to sea many nazl underlings (oven Hlnimlcr's mistress) In defeat in our prison. Sometimes I think I'm prlvllugud to be hero ut a lima Ilka this, to sua Germany first hand, though I don't voice this thought or the follows would think 1 wua crazy. "If I get to go to school over hero thero Is a small chuncc my cup of luck will run over, "I'm atudylng the lunguugc on my own, partly to pasa the lime while standing guard, but mostly to get ao I can talk to the people The pooplo can't buy as much as a piece of thread everything la barter. Food la terribly low und will bo ao un til after harvest. Even we have gout meat now and then, Evou black bread und potatoes are among the scarcest Items." t i LOOKS TOWARD HOME Master Hgt. John Groves Is now waiting transportation home from Europe. Ho is eligible for a discharge under the new pel it aystem, having been in the serv ice thrco years, Two and a half year have been spent overseas, with headquarters and head quarters company of the combat engineers. He Inn been awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and fivo battle stars. Two brothers, Floyd and Steve, are also In Europe await ing redeployment.' PATIENT AT McCAW Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Italy, Sgt. Merle J, Akin Is a patient at Mc Caw General hospital, WaUa Walla, Wash. Sgt. Akin enlisted In the army In 1042, went tn Africa in April, 1044, and landed at Naples In July. He was a member of the 01st Infantry division, 301 infan try regiment, ond fought up the coast of Italy to Rome. On June 22, when Akln's com pany was moving against a tank concentration, he was hit by ar tillery shell fragments In his right leg. Upon recovery, he was reas signed to a quartermaster laun m'O JuJ fit ' jtrt yfl, H tjou'n&ltuxiMuj mjiuj ijoullikttobji , . oOuj1bmotow widths dry and Joined the unit at Pita In January. He served us mo ehunla In a mobile luundry unit. Ha was awarded tho Quarter muster Unit citation for out standing sorvlcu, On Juno 8, Sgt. Akin wont to tho hospital and wua roturnod to the United Slates, arriving ut McCaw August 1, Tho Purplo Heart wtis award ed Akin at Naples. Ho also wears tho European Theater rib bon with two stars, the Good Conduct medal, and tho Combat Infantryman's badge. His mother, Mrs. O. M. Me dina, lives at 342 Murtln, Klam ath Falls. DISCHARGED DcWITT GENERAL HOSPI TAL PKC Lonior M. Uelwllor, whoso residence Is at 1402 Day ton street, Kluinalh Kails, lias received un honorable dischurgc. A patient at DeWItt General hos- filial, Auburn, Calif., since May, io bus been recovering from In juries received whllo serving In tho Europeun theater of opera tions. Ovoraeua for 11 months, ho" served with tlio fifth armored division in Franco and Germany. Ho was Injured und received u shell concussion on November 25 while in battle In tho Huntgen forest, Germany. Detwllor wears the Purple Heart, European Theater ribbon, Good Conduct medal and Com bat Infantry budge. He entered the service 25 months ugo. His wife, Elda, Is now living In Auburn. PROMOTED ELMENDOHF FIELD, Alaska In a recent announcement by the commanding officer of the Aluska air depot, Cpl John W. Mathca, son of William E. Matbes, Kansas City, Mo., has been promoted to sergeant. Sgt. Mathca Is a supply ser geant with the 03rd air depot group of the 11th air force. This organization supplies aer onautical materials and equip ment for the 11th air force and repairs and modifies aircraft brought Into the depot from all over Alaska. Sgt. Mathca has been In Alaska since June 14, 1043. He received his basic training at Fresno, Calif., and further army training at a cleri cal school In Los Angeles, Calif. Before entering the service, Sgt. Matbes was employed by the Southern Paelfrc railroad at Klamath Falls. Ore. He attend ed Henley high school. . . REDEPLOYED Lt. William E. Sweet, 1340 Wllford, Klamath Falls. Is a member of tho 24th special ser vice company which l.i now be ing redeployed from Camp Chi cago, near Reims, France, to the United States for a 30-day fur lough. OLDEST SAUSAGE Salami is tho oldest kind of sausage. Its name, applied by ancient Greeks, has remained un changed through the centuries. SctUj Unl mi miJsllit tvtry gtnuhl I " ; . V .J PUBUCWORKS GI OREGON TDLD WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (A-) Materials for public works con struction in Washington and Ore gon will be avullahlo in about two months, a war production hoard spokesman said Saturday, Thu two states are due fur approximately $ 1,0 0 0,000,000 worth of dams, reclamation, roads, airways installations and river and harbor projects already blueprinted. A summary of major federal works' pluns follows: The army corps of engineering has $200,400,000 earmarked for rivers und harbors und flood con trol In Wushlngton und Oregon, The bureau of reclamation and the department of interior plan $07,353,200 in irrigation develop ment in Oregon and $411,488, 000 in Washington. Oregon will receive $21,253, 080 worth of public roads funds allocated under a 1044 road act. The state must match the fed eral money. Another $37,500, 000 will be spent on forest roads, most of it in the two northwest stales. . ; Tcnlatlvo plans of the civil aeronautics administration call for $6,570,000 in airport develop ment for 83 communities In Ore gon and $20,158,000 in Washing, ton. A three year rural electrifica tion program calls for $7,000,000 in Oregon and $7,750,000 in Washington, JUVENILE HELD SEATTLE, Aug. 27 (IP) Traf fic Investigator M. E, Cook said a 15-ycor-old boy was appre hended yesterday In connection with the traffic death Friday of Louis Hallct, 76. A passenger in the car Hallct was driving, another 15-year-old, said he was in the car when Hallct was struck. HARTFORD Accident nd ladenaliy CoMpin? INSURANCE T.B.WATTERS General Insurance Agency FIRE . . . AUTOMOBILE 61S Main St, Phone 4193 KOI HMOOt Japs Claim Sinking 6 Times But Enterprise WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 (!') Damaged 15 times In four years of war und "sunk" six times in Jupuncsc propaganda, the air craft currier Enterprise still is "the fightingest carrier of the fleet." The navy said so today in de tailing experiences of the "Big E" only surviving U. S. carrier in the South Pacific in 1042. In those dark days the Enterprise "hold the line" despite scars from grievous wounds she re ceived in the battles of the east ern Solomons and Santa Cruz. Her latest ond most serious brush with disaster came on the morning of last May 14 when a bomb-laden Japanese suicide plane crashed Into the flight deck. The explosion blasted the forward elevator more than 400 feet into the air, killed 13 and injured 67. The flight deck buckled. Aboard the Enterprise at the Spokane Citizens See Goering Medals SPOKANE, Aug. 27 (IP) A dozen medals which Herman Goering sported when the third reich was his apple are on dis play at the police station here. They were brought back by Harry Indhal, former policeman now released from the army who said he found them in Gocring's room at Bcrchtcsgaden. Some he had lo take off a dazzling white uniform. "The uniform couldn't hnvp belonged to anybody but Goer ing." Indahl said. "The panU wore about six feet around the waist. RADIANT OIL HEATER. 8 inch pot type burner, automatic draft regulation CIRCULATING OIL HEATER 3 to 4-room siie. 10-inch pot typ burner ..'. 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Twice be fore, during the two months she spent on thai mission, the car rier had been forced to with draw briefly for temporary re pairs at a nearby base. The May 14 attack put her out of ac tion. Midland Man Is Sales Engineer C. W. Patterson, son of A. H. Patterson of Midland, is now located at Tulsa, Okla., where he is sales engineer for General Motors Petroleum industry's dicsel engine division. Patterson has been with Gen eral Motors for several years and for a long time was with the Detroit diesel engineering department in the South Pacific, where he was assigned to the amphibian engineers supervising maintenance of scries 71 G. M. dicsel engines in battle zones. Gas on Stomach RaJior a4 is I bwnUi afesjU jmn mmj back Whn rt (lotsafh arid euie ralnfu), tutlVwit Iflf gat, tour atAcnafh irv heartburn, doctor usually prrvrth ih fmt-B-tlr)f re UinM fcxwrn far irmcrtOButle relief nclLctMi Ilk tbosa tn Bell-tni TibUU. No Itiatite. 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